On
Windows 11 build 25290
and higher releases, you can now turn on an option that enables the ability to drag a tab out of File Explorer to open a location in a new window.
The feature is still under development, and you can only drag out one tab from File Explorer (via
@PhantomOcean3
). You cannot select multiple taps with the “Ctrl” key to create a new window. In addition, once you create a new separate window, you cannot drag the tab back to the previous window like when using web browsers.
If you want to get hands-on with the new feature, you can use a third-party tool called “ViveTool” created by
Rafael Rivera
and
Lucas on GitHub
, to enable the option on your computer.
This
guide
will teach you the steps to turn on this new feature on Windows 11.
Enable drag tabs out of File Explorer on Windows 11
To drag tabs out of File Explorer to a separate window, use these steps:
Open
GitHub
website
.
Download the
ViveTool-vx.x.x.zip
file to enable the tab drag-out feature.
Double-click the zip folder to open it with File Explorer.
Click the
Extract all
button.
Click the
Extract
button.
Copy the path to the folder.
Open
Start
.
Search for
Command Prompt
, right-click the top result, and select the
Run as administrator
option.
Type the following command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press
Enter
:
In the command, remember to change the path to the folder with your path.
Type the following command to enable the ability to drag tabs out of File Explorer and press
Enter
:
Restart the computer.
Once you complete the steps, the next time you open multiple tabs on File Explorer, you will be able to drag tabs out to create a new window.
If you change your mind, you can revert the changes with the same instructions, but on
step 10
, make sure to use these commands:
vivetool /disable /id:39661369
and then restart the device.